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Date: 3rd December 1993
Service: CEEFAX
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P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:26/52 COMING UP A selection of pages from the BBC's teletext service → THE FULL SERVICE OFFERS News....Finance....Sport....Weather ..↑Travel...TV and radio details... → BBC BBC At In Speed Depth WWelshNews
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:27/05 2/40 HOME PRINCESS OF WALES TO REDUCE ROLE The Princess of Wales is to reduce her role in public life. She told a charity lunch in London that she wanted more "time and space" to givj to her private life. Clearly emotional, she said she had hoped to continue with her work unchanged after her separation from the Prince of Wales. "However, life and circumstances alter", she continued. She now hoped to focus on a "smaller range" of issues, the Princess added. Media attention "hard to bear" 112Next News Politics Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:27/42 3/40 HOME MEDIA ATTENTION "HARD TO BEAR" The Princess of Wales has spoken of the effect that media attention has had upon her private life. The Princess said when she started her role in public life 12 years ago she "understood that the media might be interested in what I did." "But I was not aware of how overwhelming that attention would become, nor the extent to which it would affect both my public duties and my personal life." See also 111 It had "been hard to bear", the Princess told a charity lunch. Next News Despatch Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:28/04 4/40 → HOME NURSE WITH HIV TO SUE EMPLOYERS A nurse who contracted HIV through her job is suing Portsmouth Health Authority for negligence. The woman, who worked at St Mary's Hospital, received a cut while treating a patient dying from an Aids-related illness. The Royal College of Nursing, which is fighting the case on behalf of the woman, is claiming damages of at least £50,000. The legal action is thought to be the first of its kind in Britain. Politics 130World 160Summaries 102Next News World Flash TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:28/52 5/40 → HOME "JOHNNERS" IN STABLE CONDITION Cricket commentator Brian Johnston is said to be in a stable condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack in a taxi last night. The veteran broadcaster, better known as "Johnners", is being Paddington, London. J A hospital spokesman said he was being kept in for further tests. Mr Johnston was in a taxi on his way from his home to Paddington T station when he was taken ill. Home 110Politics 130 World 160Next News Politics Main News Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:29/02 6/40 HOME MAN REMANDED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER A council caretaker accused of the attempted murder of teenager Quaddus Ali has been remanded in custody until Monday. John Stephen Rutter, 21, of Stepney, east London, is charged with trying to murder Mr Ali in Stepney on 8 September. He was arrested yesterday at a holiday camp in Norfolk. Mr Rutter works for Tower Hamlets borough council. Home 110Politics 130World 160Summary 102Despatch 190Index 199Next News Main News Politics Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:29/42= 7/40 HOME BOMB FOUND NEAR BELFAST SCHOOL More than 750 children in West Belfast have been evacuated from their school as security forces defused a large bomb. The bomb, said by the IRA to weigh 1,100lb, was found in the Bryanswell Road area. The evacuation came after police found a command wire leading across open ground to a large packing case partially buried under a pile of old carpets and furniture. The area was sealed off. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Main News Newsround TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:30/05 HOME REPORT ISSUED ON "FAILING" SCHOOLS Inspectors have published reports on two schools which "fail" to give an acceptable standard of education They are Crook Primary School, Crook, County Durham, and Brookside Special School, Breadsall, Derby. The schools are the first to be identified as "failing" under a new law which empowers the Government to send in a team to take over a school and ultimately close it. The schools and their local authorities will be given 50 days to draw up a plan for improvement. Next News Main News Parl'ment TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:10/32 9/40 HOME BRITISH COAL SHUTS THREE MORE PITS British Coal is to end production at three more pits today. Miners have accepted redundancy payments of up to £44,000 at Bentley and Hatfield in Yorkshire and Silverdale in Staffordshire. Production is also due to end next Friday at Staffordshire's only other working pit, Littleton. The closures will leave BC with 22 working collieries, but experts expect another closure round is inevitable in the New Year. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News World Flash Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:11/05 10/40 HOME WATCHDOG INQUIRY INTO PENSION CASES An inquiry has been launched into half a million cases where people may have been wrongly advised to take out a personal pension. Watchdogs fear the people affected, who were persuaded to leave their employer's pension scheme, may now be worse off when they retire. A full report is expected from the Securities and Investments Board in the next few weeks. The firms and advisers who provided and sold the pensions could have to pay compensation to those affected. Next News World Flash Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:11/36 11/40 POLITICS "SOME PROGRESS" IN ULSTER TALKS Some progress has been made in talks between John Major and Irish premier Albert Reynolds on the future of Ulster, both sides say. They have been meeting face-to-face without officials being present. A BBC correspondent says that Mr Reynolds began by showing disquiet about the Government's version of its contacts with Sinn Fein. Aides said Mr Reynolds had used "very straight talking" in asking Mr Major about the contacts. HomP 110Flash 150Diary 180Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:32/05 12/40 POLITICS PAISLEY PROTESTS AGAINST TALKS Ian Paisley has handed in a letter of protest against the the talks between John Major and Albert Reynolds in Dublin. The Democratic Unionist leader also warned of bloodshed if there was an attempt to draw Northern Ireland into a united Ireland. At one stage a Sinn Fein councillor stepped forward to shake hands with him and welcome him to Dublin. But Mr Paisley said that if he had known the man was Sinn Fein, he would not have shaken his hand. Next News World Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:14/37 13/40 POLITICS "RISKS NEEDED" FOR ULSTER PEACE Risks had to be taken to bring peace to Northern Ireland, Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has said. "Flexibility had to be shown," he told BBC radio before flying to Dublin with the Prime Minister. "Wj have to continue with this effort because the drawbacks of the present situation to both communities in Northern Ireland are self-evident and are multiplying." Mr Hurd had 30 minutes of talks with Irish counterpart Dick Spring in Brussels late last night. Next News Home News World Finance
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:33/04 14/40 POLITICS LONDON UNDERGROUND "SELL-OFF TALKS" The Government is holding talks on privatising London Underground, the Evening Standard has reported. Transport Minister Steven Norris described the plan as "pure common sense", the paper added. But Shadow Transport Secretary and Shadow Minister for London Frank Dobson has condemned the talks. He said "real people who have to travel to work by tube" want to see their money invested in "getting the system safe and sound", not talks on privatisation. →Next News Main News Newsround Finance
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:15/17→ 15/40 POLITICS PATTEN CONCERN OVER FAILED SCHOOLS The Education Secretary has expressed "very serious concern" about the first two schools to have failed new educations standards. The schools and the Local Education Authorities have been asked to produce an action plan saying how they will put things right. See 117 John Patten said: "All our pupils deserve nothing less than an acceptable standard of education." "I will look very closely at the action plans when I receive them in the New Year," he added. Next News Home News Flash Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:15/47 16/40 POLITICS POLICE DROP DEREK HATTON PROBE Former deputy Liverpool City Council leader Derek Hatton is no longer under police investigation. A meeting between Merseyside police and the Crown Prosecution Service is expected to take place shortly to formally decide on the matter. Earlier this year Mr Hatton and four others were cleared of fraud. He was being investigated as part of an operation which police say is still continuing, but Mr Hatton is not part of that inquiry. Homj 110Politics 130World 160Next News Main News World Travel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:16/21→ 17/40 POLITICS LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING FEARS New local government spending plans will lead to cuts in services like home helps and meals on wheels, Labour has said. This was despite a rise of up to 7% in council tax bills next April. Environment Secretary John Gummer has said councils can spend an extra 2.3% next year and that front-line services can be kept. But Labour's Jack Straw said it was really a 1.2% cut and Mr Gummer had accepted a £860 million cut next year and £1.5 billion in 1995.
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:16/44→ 18/40 POLITICS "LOSING BATTLE" AGAINST TAX CHEATS Investigators are fighting a losing battle against tax cheats operatingTj in a "hidden economy", a report from the National Audit Office says The amount of tax collected from people for whom no records exist and taxpayers who have undeclared income from second jobs has grown to £86.5 million in 1992-3. But this compares with estimates suggesting the hidden economy is worth £40 billion, the NAO says. Among the worst offenders are building workers and car salesmen. Next News Main News Diary CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:17/17 19/40 POLITICS BABY MILK ADVERTS TO BE BANNED The Government is proposing to ban baby milk advertisements aimed at mothers. Draft regulations issued by the Ministry of Agriculture will restrict advertising to professional journals. They will also make it illegal to promote the sale of the milk in any other way. The movj is in line with a European Union directive designed to encourage women to breast feed. Home 110Politics 130 World 160Parl'ment Main News Diary CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:17/00 20/40 PARLIAMENT NADIR DOCUMENTS "RELEASED IN ERROR" The Attorney General has admitted that copies of privileged documents in the Asil Nadir fraud case were circulated to the prosecution team. Sir Nicholas Lyell informed the Commons in a written answer that a statement he had made on the issue in June was "misleading". Documents seized during the Polly Peck raid in 1990 should have been kept in sealed bags so that an independent lawyer could later decide if they had legal privilege. DESPATCH Ian Pollock reports 190Summary 102Despatch 190Index 199Next News Politics Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:18/17 21/40 → PARLIAMENT COMMONS DEBATE: SHORTER HOLIDAYS MPs have been told that long holidays are lowering their standing with members of the public The comments were made during a traditional debate to, technically, sanction the next break. Labour MP John Spellar said MPs made themselves a target by having prolonged breaks. Critics forced a vote, but the Government's motion to rise for Christmas from December 17 to January 11 was carried. Homj 110Politics 130World 160 Flash Politics Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:18/49 22/40 WORLD "HUGE PROGESS" IN TRADE TALKS "Huge progress" has been made towards achieving a Gatt world trade deal before the 15 December deadline, Sir Leon Brittan has said Sir Leon, who has been engaged in talks with US trade negotiator Mickey Kantor, said he hoped they could reach a deal, adding: "The stakes are enormous." He said the US had made concessions over agriculture while the EC had negotiated tariff reductions. But problems still lay ahead, Sir Ljon warned. Next News Home News Main News CityHeads
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:19/17 23/40 WORLD FRANCE MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GATT French President Francois Mitterrand has said the most recent indications he had had on the Gatt dispute were more optimistic. But, speaking during a visit to Switzerland, he said his personal view was that more progress needed to be made. Trade officials of the European Community and the US meet on Monday Meanwhile, Gatt economists have claimed an agreement in the trade talks would make world trade in goods 12% greater in the year 2005. Next News Politics Summaries Top Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:19/09 24/40 WORLD HONG KONG: CHINA TO IGNORE REFORMS China says that electoral reforms enacted by Hong Kong's legislature without its approval will be overturned in 1997. A spokesman said that, if reforms went ahead, China would build its own structure according to the The Basic Law is the Beijing- drafted constitution that China says will allow Hong Kong to keep its capitalist economy and a quasi- autonomous political system for 50 years after 1997. Home 110Politics 130World 160Next News Despatch Flash TV/Radio
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:20/17 25/40 WORLD UKRAINE URGED TO SCRAP NUCLEAR ARMS The United States has urged Ukraine to get rid of nuclear weapons on its territory. However, the two sides have made little progress in talks during a Nato meeting with the Alliance's former foes in eastern Europe. US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and his Ukrainian counterpart, Anatoly Zlenko, said they both wanted a solution. But Mr Zlenko said Ukraine would destroy only some of its former Soviet long-range nuclear missiles. Next News Home News Main News Weather
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:20/54 26/40 WORLD GUNFIRE ERUPTS IN MALAWI CAPITAL At least 16 people have been killed in clashes between soldiers and paramilitary forces in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, witnesses said. The army was fighting the Young Pioneers allied to ailing President Kamuzu Banda's ruling Malawi Congress Party, they said. Soldiers attacked several buildings belonging to the Young Pioneers. The army was hunting down members of the Young Pioneers in "revenge" for the killing of two soldiers three days ago, residents said. Next News Main News Newsround Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:21/27 27/40 WORLD KHMER ROUGE PEACE PROPOSAL SCRAPPED Plans to bring the Khmer Rouge into the elected Cambodian government have been scrapped, King Norodom Sihanouk has said. He proposed last week that the Khmer Rouge lay down its weapons and hand over its areas of control in exchange for ministerial posts. But Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh rejected the proposal as unconstitutional. The Khmer Rouge, which occupies a fifth of the country, boycotted May's United Nations-run elections. Next News Main News Politics Finance
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:21/45 28/40 WORLD SEVERAL KILLED IN SARAJEVO SHELLING Several people have been killed in Sarajevo in shelling that followed the end of four days of peace talks which failed to find a settlement. At least four people died and 16 others were wounded by shells in three separate incidents. Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic has returned to the capital without any territorial concessions. The Bosnian government also denied there had been any agreement with the Bosnian Serbs over the division of Sarajevo in return for land. Next News Main News Home News Community
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:22/12 29/40 WORLD DIPLOMAT "SPIED FOR EAST GERMANY" A woman diplomat has confessed to spying for the former East Germany, German security sources have said. The 39-year-old, identified only as Lili P, had worked at the German Foreign Ministry for 10 years. She was about to be appointed an ambassador, the sources said. More than 100 spies infiltrated by the East German secret police, the Stasi, have been unmasked since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. Home 110Flash 150Diary 180Politics 130World 160Despatch 190Next News Main News Despatch Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:22/04 30/40 WORLD JACKSON'S MOTHER MAKES TV APPEAL The mother of pop star Michael Jackson has appeared on American TV to appeal to her son to return to the US to clear his name. Mr Jackson is alleged to have sexually abused a 13-year-old boy - a charge he denies. Katherine Jackson said she feared her telephone was being tapped by police trying to find her son. Mr Jackson's whereabouts are unknown at present, although he is believed to be having treatment for drug addiction in Europe. Next News Main News Despatch Sport
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:23/11 31/40 WORLD FUTURE OF VOLVO "IN DOUBT" The former chairman of Swedish car manufacturer Volvo has said the company's long term survival is in doubt. Pehr Gyllenhammar was forced out of office in a boardroom coup after Volvo rejected a planned merger with the French company, Renault. It would have created one of the biggest companies in the world. But the Volvo shareholders said they were unhappy with the idea that the majority of the shares would be in French hands. Next News Home News Politics UK Maps
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:23/47 32/40 → WORLD SOMALI RIVALS IN ETHIOPIA TALKS Somalia's two most powerful warlords, Mohamed Farah Aideed and arch-rival Ali Mahdi Mohamed, are to meet in Ethiopia later today. The meetings may lead to eventual face-to-face peace talks between the two faction leaders. General Aideed was flown to Addis Ababa on a US military plane. The US State Department said the Somalis must take advantage of this opportunity and realise they are ultimately responsible for the future of their country.
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:24/17 33/40 WORLD ISRAEL REJECTS MEDIATION APPEAL Israel has rejected a call by the PLO for the US and Russia to limited Palestinian autonomy. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said it was the responsibility of Israel and the Palestinians to reach agreement without outside intervention. The PLO said yesterday the talks had reached an impasse after Israel suggested its military withdrawal from the occupied territories might not begin until after the agreed deadline of 13 December. Next News Main News Next News TopTravel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:24/54 34/40 WORLD ISRAEL DENIES PALESTINIAN CLAIM Israel has denied a Palestinian group's claim that it is holding an Israeli army officer hostage. The previously unknown Jerusalem Guard Secret Organisation had said it was holding the man hostage in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. But Israeli military sources say they "have no knowledge of any missing officer". And many details provided by the group were incorrect, including the man's alleged military identity number, a BBC correspondent says. Next News Main News Next News TopTravel
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:25/17 W 35/40 JOB CREATION IN USA ACCELERATES 208 RENAULT sees hope of Volvo deal 204 BANK OF FRANCE lowers key rates 205 SOUTHEND PROPERTY profits climb 218 Tokyo 17,459.35 +0↑60 Oil $14.05 £/$ 1↑4:30 + 0.0107 Eff 82.0 +0.3 FT-SE 3232.8 +8.9 at 16:55 → CEEFAX FINANCE News index 202 SHARECHECK 220Ij Diary 214 Options 230 Results 215 Market reports 240 City News Results Popular Features
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:25/26 36/40 JOB CREATION IN USA ACCELERATES 208 RENAULT sees hope of Volvo deal 204 BANK OF FRANCE lowers key rates 205 SOUTHEND PROPERTY profits climb 218 Dow 3,703.79 +1.68 Gold/oz $376.75 → CEEFAX FINANCE Currencies 250 Personal 260 Interest rates 254 Economy 270 Commodities 258 Viewers' A-Z 299 →City News FTSE/FT30 London £/$ Major
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:25/47 → 37/40 HEADLINES MABBUTT MAY SUE FASH OVER CHALLENGE FOOTBALL John must answer to FA 304 Saturday's FA Premiership teams 303 SWIMMING Gold joy for Pickering 332 GOLF Price pulls ahead of Faldo 321 M/SPORT Mika gets McLaren drive 361 YACHTING Brooksfield in trouble 379 CRICKET McCague sits out opener 341→→ FULL MAGAZINE ON BBC2 Football 302 Motor Sport 360 Genjral 320 Rugby 370 Cricket 340 Racing 380 Football Top Story Gen Sport Racing
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:25/52 Weather for TONIGHT 38/40VARIABLECLOUD 01 FREQUENTSHOWERS 01 SOMEWINTRY 02 CLOUDYRAINWILL 04 BECOME ITMOVES 06 SEMODERATEFALLS 06 MOST 09 PARTS 09 DRY 09 RAIN CLOUDYLATER WINDS Forecast UK Resort Air Qual EurResort
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:26/17 Weather for SATURDAY 2 39/40COOLWJNTRY 05 SHOWERSAND 06 SUNNYSUNNYSPELLSINTSAM 07 OCCASIONALCLOUDYPMSHOWERSRAIN 08 SOMEWINTRY 09 OVERN 09 11 RAINAND 10 STRONG 10 WINDS 10 CLEARING WINDYSUNNY 11 INTS AND SHOWERSData: WEATHER CHECK by OCEANROUTES Forecast UK Resort Air Qual EurResort
P196 CEEFAX 196 Fri 3 Dec 16:26/22 40/40 UK WEATHER OUTLOOK Sunday A frosty start in the south. Rain north and west, edging east. Showers and sunny intervals in the west pm. Elsewhere mainly dry with sunny intervals. Monday Dry and bright over eastern counties. Showery outbreaks of rain Ireland and Scotland pm. Sunny in southern England. Winds strong/gale over north, fresh SW over south. Data: Weather Check by Oceanroutes UK Maps 401 Euro-resorts 405Skiing 430 World statistics 406Air Qual UK Maps EurResort Statistic
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